Edwin A. Wells Jr. — municipal finance consultant, civil engineer, Stanford graduate, Wolrd War II Army veteran, civic volunteer — died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2014, surrounded by family at his home of more than 50 years in Portola Valley, California. He was 91.
Born in Palo Alto, California, Ed was the eldest son of Edwin A. Wells Sr. and Mildred In de Betou Thompson Wells.
He graduated from San Rafael High School, where his father was the principal.
In 1942-43, he worked in Alaska and the Yukon Territory as a survey crewman on the Alaska-Canadian Highway.
In 1944-45, he served as a sergeant in the Army 776th Field Artillery Battalion in Europe. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the German surrender. He remained in France for a year after the war ended, assisting with reconstruction efforts.
On his return, he entered Stanford University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, and he met his wife Alison. They were married in 1949.
Ed earned a BS in 1949 in civil engineering and an MS in 1950 in hydraulics. He transferred to U.C. Berkeley and earned a degree of civil engineer in sanitary engineering in 1952.
He worked...

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